How to turn off the Eclipse code formatter for certain sections of Java code?

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Eclipse 3.6 allows you to turn off formatting by placing a special comment, like

// @formatter:off
...
// @formatter:on

The on/off features have to be turned “on” in Eclipse preferences: Java > Code Style > Formatter. Click on Edit, Off/On Tags, enable Enable Off/On tags.

It’s also possible to change the magic strings in the preferences — check out the Eclipse 3.6 docs here.

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Java
>
Code Style
>
Formatter
>
Edit
>
Off/On Tags

This preference allows you to define one tag to disable and one tag to enable the formatter (see the Off/On Tags tab in your formatter profile):

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You also need to enable the flags from Java Formatting

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